Top ten species

An international committee of taxonomists selects the top 10 from among the approximately 18,000 new species named during the previous year and releases the list to coincide with the May 23 birthday of Carolus Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy.

Jäger, P. 2014. 1992. Cebrennus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae): a revisionary up-date with the description of four new species and an updated identification key for all species. Zootaxa 3790(2): 319-356 .

Just, Jean, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, and Jørgen Olesen (2014) Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) — with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara. PLOS One 9: 1-11.

Djoko T. Iskandar, Ben J. Evans, and Jimmy A. McGuire. 2014. A novel reproductive mode in frogs: A new species of fanged frog with internal fertilization and birth of tadpoles. PLoS ONE 9(12): e115884.

Bresseel, Joachim and Jerome Constant (2014) Giant sticks from Vietnam and China, with three new taxa including the second longest insect known to date (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae, Pharnaciini). European Journal of Taxonomy 104: 1-38.